Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-25

streamed upward the guests found
themselves imprisoned by a wall OF hre
So far as can he learned the dead and
fatally injured number ~ and 20 persons
were seriously burned or injured. AS far
as can he ascertaned the dead and IN
jured are as follows:
DEAD.
Kate Kent, servant.
Minnie Kelly, servant
Kate Pierce, servant.
Wilson Purcell, OF r. Galun & Co.
Mark Osborne, day clerk ut hotel.
Mr.. Johnson, Toronto railway man
Kate Wolfe of Lockport, servant
FATALLY INJURED.
Jacob Kahn, New York
Henry NJ. Rumsey, New York.
Maggie Mulrach Of Buffalo.
Mary Nolan of Buffalo.
Edward Whclan of Newburgh.
SERIOUSLY BURNED OR INJURED.
|. II. Finch of Scranton.
r. A. Moore of Cleveland
W. A. IIarcn of Helena, Mont.
(. w. Dubois ofSyracuse.
". J. Mann of Buffalo.
Mrs. Mann of Buffalo.
Jennie Mann of Buffalo.
Mills Barse Of Olean.
Mat Shannon of Buffalo.
:nar 5 Clinton Bidweli of Buffalo,
Minnie Weller of Buffalo.
Mrs Kate Pierce of Buffalo.
Nellie Wclch of Buffalo.
Nette Harvey of Buffalo.
Harry Davies of New York.
George f. Michael of New York.
W. J. Mackey of Niagara Falls.
A servant girl named Walsh is believed
also to be among the dead. The walls of
the burned building are a menace to life
flN..tr ha
cooled no search for bodies can be made
1t is undoubtedly fact that at least 30
persons persisted.
EXCITING SCENES.
The rapdity of the fire, cutting off the
means of escape, led some persons to leap
for life from the windows. Others got
down the fire escapes or the Hayes ladders
raised by the fire department The shrieks
and cries of the poor people in the upper
stories of the burning structure were
heartrending. One man, mad with terror,
leapad from third-Stor window and was
picked up on the stone sidewalk on Main
street a mangled and bleeding corpse
Several who succeeded in making their
escape We're badly injured and burned
and some of these will probably die
Others, more fortunate. escaped with
slight injuries. MANY of the wounded
were taken to Carney's saloon and after
ward to the hospitals. Among these was
+. II. Bryant, New York travelling
man, burned about the feet and hands
The Hon. NJ. w. Barse of Olean was ter
ribly burned about the hands and wrists
Robert Stafford, senior proprietor of the
hotel, with his wife occupied rooms oil
the second floor, and had narrow escape,
Terror overcame everybody, and even
those who escaped in safety were in many
cases Frustrated by their awful expert
4 or i1X of cd of
one of the windows of the fourth story,
alternately surveying the flames darling
up behind him, and then coolly and col
lectedly watched the operation of the fire
men raising the Hayes extension ladder
to save him. He Uttered not a word, but
was apparently calculating his chances
Up went the ladder, slowly but surely
and finally reached him Just rs the fire
was bursting out of the window where he
stood. He reached the top rung of the
Ladder, i'll safety, and descended delber
ately and without the slightest sign of un
easiness or fear.
One of the most remarkable and thrillinG
experiences of those who escaped was thai
of H. p, Whitaker, member OF the firm
of Stafford q Co., proprietors of the hotel
He occupied room IN the fifth story, anC
was awakened by the ringing of an cleo
trio bell with which each room was con
nected from the office. He put on few
articles OF clothing, and getting out of thu
window walked or CROPPED along the edge
about 40 feet, till he reached the fire es
cape, on which he descended in safety
The small balcony on the Main stree
front of the Richmond second story al
forded place of refuge for many of tn
occupants of the house, and from thi
point they were rescued with ladders.
THE NIGHT CLERKS STORY.
William II. Airport, night clerk, state
that he was sitting in the Office about ga
O'Clock when he saw a reflection on tn
tile floor. Turning round. he discovered
blaze in the coat and cloak room, directl
under the stairway on the main foo
The flames at once darted up the elevate
shaft with tremendous force, and in an il
credbly short space of time the interior {
the hotel was filled with smoke and fiam
Then the terrible scenes began. Secon
and third alarms brought the entire d
partment to the scene. but IL was imposs
BILE to save any portion of the blazin
structure. The fire had reached the roc
in less than five minutes from the time
was discovered. 1t soon reached and gu
ted St. James's hall, occupied as Blu
nell's museum, and Tivoli hall, adjoinir
and fronting on Washington street.
A GUESTS STATEMENT.
II NJ. Johnson the celebrated "spri
ter'' of Pittsburg, says; l arrived in Blu
falo yesterday and was assigned to roo
l26 at the Richmond, About $3.50 o'clot
1his morning the bell boy pounded upC
my door | awoke and found my roo
full of smoke. dressed quickly and rus
ed into the hallway, and oh, my God, VIII
a sight Men, women and children act
perfectly wild and did not know whit
way to go. The women raved like mania
and rushed pell -mel for the stairway al
almost in every direction. The smo
was almost suffocating. cannot remel
Der anything about how ] got out
think came down the stairway.
THE LOSSES.
The losses by fire will be 100000 and
this amount the Buffalo library loses sl3
600 on the hotel and museum building
which were insured for $4,000 Fuller
Townsend, clothiers, were insused I
$45, 900. Their stock was total loss a.